Corporate Security Management
Security workshop / 3rd COLARIS
Presenters
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Mr. Arsene Laurent's present role is full responsibility of Telefonica USA's Information Security Operations.
Before moving to the United States in 2001, he was the Director of Operations at Terra Networks, Venezuela. Between 2001 and 2003, he worked as the senior UNIX Engineer of Terra Networks USA. In this position, he participated in forensic analysis activities and responded to DDoS attacks which included investigations that led to the identification of possible attackers using social engineering techniques within the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) while collaborating with the FBI.
Mr. Laurent was also the Operations Manager at Terra Networks USA where he was responsible for the design, architecture, building and ongoing operations of the technological platform for several web sites including terra.com, lycos.com, tripod.com among others.
Previous to his involvement in Information Security and Forensics, he managed UNIX systems for British Petroleum (BP) Venezuela. Mr. Laurent holds a degree in Computer Science from Universidad Central de Venezuela (Central University of Venezuela), and he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Mr. Laurent served in several organizations as a volunteer and was a member of the steering committee for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). He also co-founded of the Venezuelan chapter for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), which launched in 1998.
Mr. Laurent's interests are Systems Automation, Telecommunications and he is a hobbyist of Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies. His future academic goal is to pursue a degree in Criminology with a focus on Forensic Science Investigation in Computer Crime.
